Political Quotes

“I understand we will have a set vote on the DISCLOSE Act. It got 51 votes previously. We need 60 votes to move forward to pass this bill. It is not likely to happen. Our Democratic colleagues were down here last night into the midnight hour talking about the DISCLOSE Act, which is something that is political and campaign-related that we have a significant difference of opinion about, and it is not going to pass. I would like to ask my friends and colleagues what is it we ought to be disclosing? Is it the amount of money some individual American made honestly and spent or maybe there are some other issues we ought to disclose. I would say this Senate ought to disclose to the American people what its budget plan is for the future of this country. We haven't had a budget in 3 years. Senator Reid said it would be foolish to bring up a budget--foolish because we don't have time. We had time to spend all night last night debating this bill--or half the night-- and we are having a second vote on the same bill again today. Why don't we spend some of that time on something important such as dealing with our $16 billion debt. Why don't our Democratic leaders disclose to us what their plan is to deal with this surging debt, a debt that is increasing at $1.3 trillion a year. It is unsustainable, as every estimate we have ever been told and every witness has testified to before the Budget Committee and other committees--unsustainable.…”